Science 3: Earth's Surface

This interactive resource explores the parts of the rock cycle.

The Interactive Geology Project offers visitors dozens of fascinating 3D animated videos that "illustrate basic principles of geology in entertaining and accessible ways." Several videos are highlighted on the main page, and the Video Library provides access to all of the project's content.

Explore the three different types of rocks and learn how they’re formed and create your own sedimentary, metamorphic and igneous rocks out of old crayons.

This useful website from the University of Arizona is designed to introduce children to information about rocks and minerals.

Rocks make up most of our planet but what even are they? Where do they come from? And how are they made?

Resources for teachers to use with student while exploring rocks and minerals. If you click the links, there is a sign-in prompt -- but you can bypass the sign-in by clicking the image instead and you will be able to access all the Google slides associated with that image

A lesson plan from BCTF focused on the rock cycle and how materials from the earth are used as resources to build homes, roads and other things in our communities. Click the download button to get the lesson plan.

Learn about the things in your home that are made out of rocks and minerals.

Did you know there are three types of rock on this planet? In Rocks for Kids, you will learn all about how different kinds of rocks form.

You can use the orange arrows to move the slide show or let the images change on their own. Try out the karaoke song and test about igneous rocks as well.

Metamorphic rocks can be formed from igneous, sedimentary, and even other metamorphic rocks. How does that work?

You can use the orange arrows to move the slide show about minerals or let the images change on their own. Try out the test as well.

If you need to learn about sedimentary rocks, you should check out this slide show, try singing along with the karaoke and then test your understanding.

First, check out the short video about the rock cycle, then sing along with the karaoke. You should be ready to test yourself about the rock cycle.

In this episode, Sabrina chats about how things like mountains, volcanoes, and plateaus come into being.

In this episode, Sabrina gives us a real-world example of how the Hydrosphere and Geosphere affect each other in the form of Weathering and Erosion. Think of Weathering as the force that makes a mess and Erosion as the force that cleans it up.

The world changes. Sometimes it changes so slowly that we don't notice it, but other times it changes REALLY FAST! Sabrina talks about some of the reasons things can change quickly or slowly.

This interactive website is about continental drift and plate tectonics. As you work through the information, you'll be asked to put the diagrams in order, so pay attention to how the continents separated.

Did you know that glaciers are the largest sources of freshwater in the world, and they can be found on every continent except for Australia?

Check out this animated video about weathering and erosion. There is a quiz to assess your understanding of the topic.

Learning about rocks and mountains is cool! Now you can learn how they change over a really long time!

After matching everyday products to their rock or mineral sources, students “mine” chocolate chip cookies to discover the impacts of many mining operations.

Ever wonder how dinos get into museums? Janaye is in Drumheller, Alberta to dig into it!

On this page, you'll find links to episodes of Dino Dana where you'll learn about dinosaurs along with Dana!

Resources for teachers that focus on dinosaurs. This collection was created by the American Museum of Natural History

Scroll down to learn facts about the Edmontosaurus. Then scroll down more and more! There's a lot of information here!

Enjoy our dinosaurs for kids page and have fun learning about these mighty creatures that lived millions of years ago. Read amazing facts, find fun ideas, watch awesome videos, enjoy cool fossil projects and more!

Would you like to spend all day thinking about dinosaurs? Well, some scientists do!

Our friend Dino stops by to show us how we can tell dinosaurs apart from other animals that flew in the skies and swam in the oceans of prehistoric Earth!

Dino's back to share more dinosaur facts with you, and this time he has some incredible news: birds are the descendants of dinosaurs!

Everybody loves dinosaurs, and we wouldn't know nearly as much as we do if it weren't for a person named Mary Anning.

Did you know that dinosaurs were on Earth for so long that not all dinosaurs lived at the same time?!

Jessi and Squeaks love science mysteries, and today they've teamed up with their friend, Dino, to try and solve one of the biggest mysteries of all: what happened to the dinosaurs

You can use the orange arrows to move the slide show of fossils and paleontology digs or let the images change on their own. Try out the test about fossils as well.

This video is an interesting look at how careful examination of a dinosaur fossil and a good understanding of the physics of light and color help paleontologists figure out the color of dinosaurs.

All About Glaciers is a glacier site with something for everyone, from grade school students to professional glaciologists. It explores nearly all aspects of glaciers, the facts, the data, the science, including a gallery and much more.

We're going to learn some really interesting stuff about glaciers on this website!

Did you know that glaciers are the largest sources of freshwater in the world, and they can be found on every continent except for Australia?

Just like plants, animals can also change their environment. One way they do this is by eating the plants around them.

Did you know that all living things change their environments? Humans change our environments in big, obvious ways. Learn more about it with Sabrina

We've talked about humans changing their environments, but all animals change their environments just by living in them

The world changes. Sometimes it changes so slowly that we don't notice it, but other times it changes REALLY FAST! Sabrina talks about some of the reasons things can change quickly or slowly.

Includes information about Indigenous perspectives on mining.

This unit covers the Understanding Earth and Space Systems strand of the Grade 4 Ontario Science and Technology Curriculum, Rocks and Minerals, through the use of culturally representative Indigenous (Aboriginal) learning materials and stories.

Educational resources for teacher from The Geological Society